When the main force of Aobai arrived outside Linfen City, and was just about to order the army to leave the camp and prepare to make food and feed the horses, he saw He Luohui with a team of generals rushing over.

The people on both sides hurriedly bowed, and quickly talked about the topic, Ao Bai's eyes suddenly widened and said: "Lord Baya Lazhangjing, these people under my command have all rushed nearly eight hundred miles, and they have to repair for at least five or six days. If you are forced to go into battle tomorrow, how can you fight bravely when the soldiers are tired? ”

He Luohui hurriedly said with a smiling face: "Lord Baturu, seeing that it is less than twenty days before the time limit for the regent to give the last general, do you think this delay continues......"

Ao Bai has already understood the situation in Shanxi, the 10,000 so-called Ming troops in Linfen City have just gathered for a month, in his opinion, they are all war exploits at all, and he squinted his eyes and said: "It is not impossible for the soldiers to work hard, and when the city is broken, I will get eighty percent of this war merit, and enter the city first to 'replenish grain and grass'." ”

He Luohui still wanted to bargain, but his lieutenant general hurriedly entered the account, first bowed his hand to Aobai, and turned to his main general and said hurriedly: "General, Tanma found traces of the southern army twenty miles to the north, and the team traveled for more than ten miles, with fifteen or six thousand people!" ”

He Luohui and Ao Bai looked at each other in surprise, "The main force of the southerners is still in the Jinan area, where did this soldier and horse come from?" ”

Ao Bai frowned and said, "Could it be the barbarians of Shudi?" ”

"It's impossible." He Luohui's adjutant general immediately said, "The road in southern Shaanxi is cut off, and if the Sichuan soldiers want to enter Shanxi, they must bypass the pass from northern Shaanxi, and they will travel nearly thousands of miles along the way." At the beginning of the Jiang Pai rebellion, they set off, and it would be fast to get to Taiyuan at this time. ”

Ao Bai twisted his beard and thought: "So eighty percent of them are rebels from Datong and Taiyuan who have temporarily gathered up as chaotic people, no wonder a team of more than 10,000 people can drag more than ten miles long." ”

He Luohui couldn't help but feel anxious, he didn't expect Jiang Ji to have such a reputation in Shanxi, and he could gather so many people in less than a month. Rao is these recruits who have never fought before, and there are enough fifteen or six thousand people, if they enter Linfen to help defend it, let alone May, even in August and September, they may not be able to capture the city.

He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Just do what Baturu said, and please quickly transfer troops!" ”

"Well said." Ao Bai smirked, "I will order Kong Xigui to lead 10,000 green battalions to block the southern army in the north. Tomorrow, you and I will gather the main force, and the army of three, five or five thousand will attack at the same time from the four gates of Linfen. There are only 10,000 weak soldiers in the city, Jiang Jian will not be able to resist it, and he will be able to conquer it in a few days! ”

……

Qin Yiming took out the map and glanced at it, and asked the deputy general beside him: "It should be Majialing in front, right?" ”

"General Hui, it's Ma Jialing."

There were still thirteen or fourteen miles away from Linfen, Qin Yiming looked at the sky again, and ordered: "Order, the whole army will speed up, and the advance of the white pole army will raid the enemy camp before dark." Let General Wang Xiang lead the Sichuan army to catch up and set up camp as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!"

The men and horses behind Qin Yiming immediately moved, and the speed of the march suddenly accelerated. They were very different from the previous white-pole army, first of all, they abandoned the four- or five-meter-long white-pole guns, and replaced them with flintlock guns and a small number of rifled guns. Of course, due to the short training time, they were not very proficient in line infantry tactics, so they were still equipped with eight or nine hundred spearmen, but they all used "short guns" less than a foot long.

The people of Shu are already very able to endure hardships, and their feet are not slow. Now that the bulky spears had been abandoned, and the number of horses had multiplied, most of the weapons and armor were transported in four-wheeled carriages, which more than doubled the speed of the march.

Besides, this time they don't have any grain and grass to drag them down, and they can almost walk more than 40 miles a day! This is simply a flying speed in the era of cold weapons, and it is with them that they can set off in the rear, and they almost arrive in Linfen with Aobai. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that they had waited for a day of grain and grass from the Sunit Department on the way, they would have been even faster.

Dozens of miles behind them, 500 Tengjisi men and horses led a large herdsman, driving tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to follow. These livestock were the rations of the White Pole Army for more than a month.

It's spring, and even when it's unitary time, the sky is still quite bright.

Kong Xigui had come from Henan and had traveled hundreds of miles, and his legs were already so tired that his legs were thin, but he was assigned by Aobai to fortify north of Linfen, and he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart.

He looked into the distance, yawned, and said, "Camp here, and tell the soldiers to make food." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two horsemen from the north galloped over, shouting at the top of their voices: "Urgent police! The 3,000 Southern Army has reached four miles away! ”

Kong Xigui was taken aback, didn't it mean that the army was still twenty miles away? It's only been half a day, how did you get to the front of you?!

He settled down, and secretly said in his heart, it was just a temporary patchwork of chaotic people, and there were only about 3,000 people, so why panic, but it was another military feat to exterminate these thousands of southern troops.

He immediately shouted: "The foot soldiers form a crane wing formation and prepare to face the enemy." Cavalry covers on both sides. ”

"Obey!"

The green battalion of the 10,000 Yu army was hurriedly arranged, and the advance of the white pole army in the north had approached two miles away, and since it had already detected the enemy's interception, it was not in a hurry to rush, but drove seven cannons dragged by horses to the front of the formation.

This is all the cavalry artillery of the White Pole Army, all six-pounder cannons, extremely well-cast, but they are not very familiar with the tactics used in the concentration of artillery for the time being, and they are still the usual way of playing.

In a moment, a heart-shattering roar sounded, and seven iron balls screamed into the still somewhat messy Qing army's battle array.

More than a dozen captives were immediately smashed into flesh and blood by the powerful impact, reflecting the sunset sun and falling on the people around them, and those shells rolled out again, breaking more than a dozen legs, and the aftermath was gone.

Kong Xigui was shocked by the sound of the cannon, didn't he say the chaotic people near Taiyuan? Why are there cannons?! Moreover, his own artillery was still four or five miles behind the ranks, but the guns of the rebels had already begun to bombard!

He was in a daze, when he heard the general next to him say loudly: "General, our army is several times larger than the enemy, why don't you beat the drum and advance quickly and destroy it in one fell swoop!" You can also take a few cannons by taking advantage of the situation, but it is very desirable. ”

Kong Xigui suddenly came back to his senses, yes, he didn't have a cannon, and he couldn't stand all the time and be beaten in vain. Although the enemy on the opposite side has artillery, but after all, it is still some chaotic people, as long as their own army rushes up, it is expected that they will be scattered immediately, so he drew his sword and pointed forward: "Order, the whole army forward, those who retreat without permission will be killed immediately!" Then he personally led his own soldiers and the rear team to supervise the formation.

Among his 10,000 horses, more than 2,000 are generals who have been raised since the Chongzhen Dynasty, and they are familiar with the battle formation, and they don't need more orders from him, they have already rushed up with the ordinary soldiers beside them.

At the same time, there were 800 cavalry on the east side galloping on horseback and attacking the left flank of the "rebels".